Where does “despouiller” come from?
despouiller (Middle French) comes from Old French despoillier, from Latin despolio, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
despouiller (Middle French): to skin; to strip away, to remove; to undress
Definitions
- to skin; to strip away, to remove; to undress
Ancestry of “despouiller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | despoillier | to strip; to get undressed |
| 2 | Latin | despolio | I rob, plunder or despoil |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē | — |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |